Fortis College vs College of Lake County

Mobile, AL · Grayslake, IL · largest Scorecard gap: loan repayment rate (completers)

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Pair AL:IL

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-FOCUS

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE AL × IL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-FOCUS Largest gap · Loan Repayment Rate (Completers)

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Fortis College: net price ranged $10,808–$66,587 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +95.8% is not a trend (r² 0.01).
  • College of Lake County: average net price rose +35.6% from $4,581 (2013) to $6,212 (2023), r² 0.68.
  • Fortis College: enrollment ranged 232–434 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • College of Lake County: enrollment shrank -22.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -275 students/yr fitted, r² 0.87.

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Fortis College vs College of Lake County

  1. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT College of Lake County leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (67.1% vs 26.5% at Fortis College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE College of Lake County leads on avg net price ($7,607 vs $19,074 at Fortis College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 College of Lake County leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($43,424 vs $26,652 at Fortis College)

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Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Fortis College and College of Lake County?
College of Lake County leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 67.1% versus 26.5% at Fortis College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Fortis College and College of Lake County?
College of Lake County leads on avg net price at $7,607 versus $19,074 at Fortis College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Fortis College and College of Lake County?
College of Lake County leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $43,424 versus $26,652 at Fortis College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); loan repayment rate (completers) focus for this pair · 2025